Hi, > > I have now witnessed several cases where a maintainer blatantly > > ignored the MRs their package received. > > As several of us have been noting for some time now, it is very easy to > accidentally ignore Salsa MRs because the defaults don't send email to the > maintainer when an MR is opened. I realize that this may look like > "blatantly ignoring" an MR to people who regularly use Salsa, but for > maintainers who do not, it's often entirely accidental.
For most people it is surely accidental, and sending a reminder to check for open MRs like I did today can help. There are many ways to easily check. As a picture explains more than a thousand words, put some screenshots at https://wiki2025.debian.org/wiki/Salsa to showcase. I am contemplating if I should share the cases of bad behavior my mentees experienced when trying to contribute, as you don't seem to believe that such could have happened. For now I think that just reminding people about checking MRs and reviewing them as a general advice is the best course of action. Also note that I suggest people to *review* MRs, I didn't say at any point that one must accept and merge all contributions. For many Linux users who want to contribute to Debian their first step is to file a bug or file a Merge Request, and it would be a shame if they simply go ignored.
